GRE Word List
MALADROIT
lacking adroitness : inept
The meaning of the word maladroit is lacking adroitness : inept.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |